8802 Project Work

Project steps

•Issue investigated

Evolution and Future of habitats

•Important events and periods in the history or evolution of habitats

-earliest natural habitats in caves
-earliest evidence of man-made habitats ( 2,000,000 BCE), Olduvai Gorge in Central Africa
-wooden huts ( 450,000 BCE), Terra Amata in France
-acheulean huts (animal hides draped over a wooden framework & held by stones), (400,000 BVE) Grotte du Lazaret in France
-huts (clay, stones & wood), (23,000 BCE) Dolni Vestonice in Czechoslovakia
-maddalenian tents (animal hide suspended over wooden framework), (15,000 BCE) Plateau
Parain in France
-upper paleolithic huts (10,000 BCE) Mezin in Ukraine & Buret in Siberia
-megalithic age (dolmens, huge stones), end of stone age across Europe, Sarlat in France (7000 yrs ago)
- ancient Sumer
-ancient Egypt
-ancient Greece
-ancient Rome
-ancient Mesoamerican habitats
-medieval habitats
-modern cities

•Information

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Habitats

•Possible futures

Future Scenarios


•Conclusions

•Links, projects, organizations, blogs, active involvement

‍PROJECT PAGES

1. EVOLUTION OF HABITATS

Past to Present (from Caves to Megacities)
2. INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES

a. Habitat & population

b. Migration

c. History

d. Environmental studies - habitat destruction
3. FUTURE SCENARIOS

- Crisis & Conflict

- Sustainability

- Techno solution
4. ACTION & INNOVATION

- Sustainable habitats projects

- Organization



RESOURCES AND LINKS

‍‍Sustainable Building

How 2 Grow Architecture
http://mattovermatter.com/2010/10/07/how-2-grow-architecture/

http://www.utopiacrowd.com/tag/architecture/

http://thegreen-home-living.com/

http://inhabitat.com/porcupine-building-cleared-for-construction-in-the-uk/

Thirteen Principles of Sustainable Architecture
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/articles/susarch.htm

Why Build Sustainably?
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/QandA/sustainable/why.htm

Using Natural Materials
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/QandA/sustainable/natural.htm

http://nat-envir-sun.blogspot.com/

http://conceptrends.com/2008/07/01/earthships-the-eco-house-of-the-future/

http://greenlifestylemagazine.net/issue-2/earth-to-earthships.php

Sanitation
http://www.un.org/documents/ecosoc/cn17/2000/ecn172000-13.htm

Pollution
http://www.mcvitamins.com/Health%20Opponents/pollution.htm

Sustainability Projects

Sustainable Cities Newsletters
http://www.sustainablecities.net/docman-resources/cat_view/110-resources/187-sustainable-cities-newsletters

Sustainable Cities: PLUS Network
www.plusnetwork.ca

Sustainable architecture
http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/3680-vertical-bamboo-towers-.html

Defining Urban Sustainability
http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/third-world-cities-sustainable-urban-development-ii-population-labour-4Z8EPcIND8

Sustainable city
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city

‍‍Articles

Mumbai world’s most densely populated city

Walls Around Rio's Slums Protect Trees But Don't Inspire Much Hugging
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124501964322813585.html

Rio de Janeiro Deforestation Plan

Greenhouse gas emissions
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/01/cities-greenhouse-gas-emissions/1?csp=obinsite

10 Most Polluted Cities In The World

HK air pollution: 'Life-threatening' levels
http://www.intellasia.net/news/articles/society/111283888.shtml

‍‍Pollution Kills 750,000 Chinese Each Year

‍‍http://onemansblog.com/2007/12/17/pollution-kills-750000-chinese-each-year/

Beijing ties New Delhi for most air pollution in the world, but Shanghai not spared from crazy bad air